The winners of the BTN Group’s inaugural Business Travel Sustainability Awards Europe were announced today, with 11 companies, teams and individuals among the winners.
Unveiled at the close of today’s third annual Business Travel Sustainability Summit Europe in London, the winners were subject to a two-stage entry process and were selected by a panel of judges who sought to identify the suppliers and corporates best advancing sustainability within their own operations and for the benefit of their clients.
The winners were as follows:
• Achievement in Sustainability – Accommodation Provider: The Squa.reServiced Apartments
• Achievement in Sustainability – Airline: EasyJet
• Achievement in Sustainability – Ground Transportation Provider: Addison Lee Ltd
• Achievement in Sustainability – Rail Operator: Eurostar International Ltd
• Achievement in Sustainability – Corporate Booking Platform: Corporate Travel Management
• Achievement in Sustainability – TMC: Reed & Mackay
• Achievement in Advancing Sustainability Data & Reporting: CWT
• Achievement in Sustainability – Meetings & Events: Melia Hotels International
• Achievement in Sustainability Innovation – Eco.mio
• Achievement in Sustainability – Managed Travel Programme: Salesforce
(Highly Commended: EY)
• Sustainability Champion – Julien Etchanchu, Advito
A full list of the 35 finalists, unveiled at the end of March, can be viewed here.
“My thanks go out to all of the organisations who submitted an entry. We were overwhelmed by the quality of submissions we received in this inaugural year,” said Jen Bankard, BTN Group senior director of content solutions and conferences.
“The work being done across the corporate travel eco-system to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint is nothing short of inspiring. Additionally, I need to thank the judges for the time and careful consideration they gave to each entry they reviewed.”
The judging panel was convened by the BTN Group and included: Horst Bayer, founder & CEO, TravelHorst Sustainable Business Travel Consulting; Amanda Calder, category manager, HSBC; Maarten Dansen, program manager operations – corporate sustainability, PwC; Sian Ellis, sustainable procurement assistant director, EY; Julia Fidler, environmental sustainability – fuel and materials decarbonization manager, Microsoft; Bernard Harrop, managing director, IG Management; John Harvey, managing partner, Globalyse; Helen Hodgkinson, co-founder, CACTUS; Angela Lille, advisor & co-founder, BT4Europe; Willem Melis, carbon advisor, Climate Neutral Group; travel manager Albena Taseva; Claire Whitely, head of environment, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance; Sarah Wilkin, founder & CEO, Fly Green Alliance; and Neil Woodliffe, global travel & expense program manager, Clarivate.